St. Mark Catholic School Overview

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St. Mark Catholic School Ratings & Reviews

May 05, 2018Submitted by a parent

All positive with a strong emphasis on academic growth but also provides a caring, loving and safe environment with wonderful teachers and administrators!!

December 19, 2017Submitted by a parent

We’ve been members of the St. Mark community for 5 years now and couldn’t be happier. The attention to each child and their needs is amazing. Christian values are taught each day and prayer is said several times during the school day. We didn’t know any families or children when our oldest started in Kindergarten and we know have a great group of friends, for our kids and for us as parents. The sense of community is very strong and all are willing to help each other. Academically our kids are challenged each and every day. Teachers take the time to know each child and their abilities. We love St. Mark!

October 17, 2017Submitted by a parent

There seems to be a decline in good reviews over the years for a reason. From what I witness, the staff is unfriendly, the teachers are overwhelmed with class size and there is no sense of family or community unless you are a die hard PTO mom that spends your entire life on the property. We are a new St. Mark family and we have tried to make an effort to meet other parents by participating in all the activities and volunteering in centers and field trips but the families of St. Mark are not warm and friendly and are extremely exclusive and snobby. This unfriendly environment is rooted in the fabric of the school; you can hear teachers yelling at children as you walk down the hallways especially in the kindergarten classes. I don't want my young children to dislike school because they have teachers that can't manage their class and resort to yelling to obtain control. It is so disheartening for me to witness this approach to teaching and when you escalate to leadership, nothing gets resolved. We wanted to have children in a Catholic environment but there is no Christian behavior /kindness to others displayed here. Church is not geared for younger children and does not foster family participation and engagement. After attending a Catholic school for 12 years, this school does not live up to the positive personal experiences I had growing up at a Catholic school and has left me really questioning if we want to stay at the school and continue to be members of this church.

October 11, 2017Submitted by a parent

For the money, it was not worth the switch from Huntersville Elementary/Bailey where we would have been assigned by the government school system. We're not going to switch, but from what we know after a few years, we would have stayed in the government schools and spent half of what we'd have saved in tuition on private tutors and private sports clubs. A complacency seems to have set in and the product continues to degrade each year. Teachers and those coaching sports seem disgruntled and not excited to do the work and from my count, 4 young teachers left for better jobs this year resulting in new teachers not up to the task and not guided by the principal. Seems to me, teachers leave principals just like workers don't so much quit a job as they quit their boss. Nice enough lady, and cares about kids, but the results suggest a change in the leadership methods or a change in the leader is what this school needs.

November 07, 2016Submitted by a community member

St. Mark's is pretty close to being a perfect school. It is big enough to have many clubs and sports programs but small enough to have a family feel. There is an abundance of volunteer opportunities with a strong PTA. But if you are a working parent, the school works with you: with many times for teacher conferences to how they have volunteer opportunities. The teachers are always available, they have weekly traditional classes like PE, art, music, computer, recess (kindergarten has 2 per day). We feel like there is not a huge CMS bureaucracy taking things away to try to shove work sheets down the kids throat. I don't understand the previous parent's post of how they take care of discipline issues. From the teachers to the principal, they treat each student individually and work with each one separately. They would never try to push a child out, maybe it was the parent that had behavior issues? We love St. Mark's and can't imagine being anywhere else.

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Apartments and homes for rent near St. Mark Catholic School

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Things you should know about St. Mark Catholic School

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